Daniel Lyons Quotes

None of us believe that in order to run a business, you have to leave your humanity at home.

I don't know if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can.

The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.

A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society.

A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.

Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously.

I want our company to leave a legacy of learning to find the balance between what's good and what's good for you.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

Whole Foods Market tries to embody all of the principles of conscious capitalism all the time, but like any person or company, we sometimes fall short.

All businesses that create wealth, pay their taxes and comply with the law are, by definition, good companies.

You're used to seeing values listed on waiting-room walls. Communication, integrity, excellence, and respect. Those were actually Enron's values.

If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn't have done it.

Our culture is the foundation for our company.

I will always do what's best for the company.

For millennials, conducting business with a purpose that goes beyond making profits is critically important in determining the kind of company they want to work for - and the kind of company with whom they are willing to do business.

Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways.

I believe we must go further in redefining what United's corporate citizenship looks like in our society... and we intend to live up to those higher expectations in the way we embody social responsibility and civic leadership everywhere we operate.

American business needs more conscience, not less, whether from religious motivation like Hobby Lobby or from secular intentions.

So many tech companies have embraced a mission that they say is larger than profits. Once you wrap yourself up in a moral flag, you have to carry it to the top of other hills.

We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.

For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.

Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn't a program it has to be a way of life.

They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.

Creating a strong company culture isn't just good business. It's the right thing to do, and it makes your company better for all stakeholders - employees, management, and customers.

The marketing business has been just about promoting things, but we don't believe that anymore. There has to be a societal component, too.